Femminile
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Ente

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (feminine) duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
  2. (especially, feminine) mallard; the most common duck species in the area, thought of as the typical duck
  3. (feminine, informal) Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën)
  4. (feminine) bedpan (bedpan for holding urine)
  5. (feminine) canard (false or misleading report)

Concetti

ànatra

Anatra

anas

cairina

maschi dell’anatra

anatra maschio

Frequenza

C1
Dialetti

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

änte

Dati forniti da: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɛntə/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle High German ente, confluence of (1.) the plural and oblique singular of ant and (2.) the Old High German variant enita, both from older anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Cognate with Dutch eend. The sense “canard” (mid-19th c.) is a calque of French canard, but also ties in with the expression blaue Enten (“lies, humbug”, literally “blue ducks”, since 15th c.). The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with Dutch eend.

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